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Dr. Charles W. Pryor, Jr. served as the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Urenco Investments, Inc., from 2003 to 2006. Dr. Pryor served as President of Utility Services Business Group at British Nuclear Fuels, PLC and also served as its Chief Executive Officer from 2002 to 2003. He has spent most of his career as the President or the Chief Executive Officer of leading companies in the industry. Dr. Pryor started his professional career in ... 1970 with McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Co., where he was responsible for the development of composite materials and the use of boron-epoxy for the wing of the F-15 Air Superiority Fighter. Since April 2002, Dr. Pryor served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of BNFL Utilities Business Group of Westinghouse Electric Co. In 1995, he started C W Pryor & Co., specializing in the teaching of core values of business leadership. Dr. Pryor served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Westinghouse Energy Systems. He also served as President of Westinghouse Electric Company and also served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1997 to 2002. He served as Chairman of Central Health Corp. of Lynchburg. Dr. Pryor has been an Independent Director of DTE Energy Co. since 1999. He serves as a Director of DTE and British Nuclear Fuels plc. Dr. Pryor served as a Member of International Advisory Board of Novastar Resources Ltd., since June 2006. He serves as a Director of Carolina Power & Light Co. Dr. Pryor served as a Director of Progress Energy Inc. from July 2007 to July 2012. He served as a Director of Urenco Limited and Centra Health, Inc. He was a Director of Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology, Director of Regional Development for Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pa., and served on the Board of Trustees for Lynchburg College and Central Virginia Community College. Dr. Pryor is well known and respected throughout the global nuclear power industry. He received the 1993 Outstanding Industrial of Virginia Award. He was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering list. In 1991, French President Francois Mitterrand presented Dr. Pryor with the distinguished "Chevalier de lorded National due Merited" for developing cooperative business relationships between the U.S. and France. Dr. Pryor holds a BS degree in Civil Engineering in 1966, an M.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics in 1968, a PhD in Structural Engineering in 1970 from Virginia Tech. He holds an Executive MBA from Northeastern University.

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